About Mark Myles
Mark Myles, whose father served our country as a career U.S. Army officer and whose mother was a junior high school science teacher for more than 30 years, is a long-time resident of Oklahoma City. He currently practices criminal, administrative, and family law at the firm of Albert J. Hoch, Jr. and Associates. He is a member of the American, National, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Criminal Defense, and Logan County Bar Associations.
Mark began his law career in 2008, after 21 years with the IBM Corporation where he provided business solutions to small, medium,
and large businesses. As an IBM employee, he won numerous awards including multiple Marketing Excellence Awards and the IBM Vice President's Leadership Award.
During his tenure at IBM, he served as a Junior Achievement consultant to inner city and suburban students in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, where he taught the principles of economics and free enterprise. He also served as a Red Cross volunteer as part of the company’s volunteer response to the Oklahoma City bombing. He was recognized in the 1997/98 version of Strathmore's Who's Who Registry of Business Leaders.
After leaving IBM, Mark briefly managed a small start-up company before entering the College of Law at the University of Oklahoma. While in law school, he served as Chair of the Graduate Student Senate, worked as a licensed legal intern in the law school's criminal defense clinic, and performed pro bono work in New Orleans. He also attended the summer law program at Brasenose College, Oxford University in Oxford, England, where he earned certification in English Legal Systems by the Oxford Centre for International Law and Justice.
Mark received the J.R. Morris Campus Life Award for outstanding leadership and service to the University of Oklahoma and was awarded the Kelly Beardslee Criminal Defense Award for his advocacy in the Law Center's Criminal Defense Clinic. After graduating from law school in May, 2008, he was admitted to practice before the Oklahoma Supreme Court in September that same year. He also was admitted to practice before the United States Court of International Trade, the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma.
Mark received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Oklahoma State University. He began his university studies as a President's Leadership Scholar and became president of his leadership class, president of Phi Eta Sigma - a national freshman honor society - as well as a member of OSU Ambassadors, and president of the 7,000-member Residence Hall Association (RHA). In addition to executive duties as RHA president, he introduced RHA-related legislation and presented two proposals to the OSU Board of Regents. As a driving force in initiating the very first OSU International Student Olympics, he encouraged sporting and cultural interactions between students from the U.S. and the myriad other countries represented at the university. Mark also served as a member of the university’s multi-purpose fitness facility expansion committee, the work of which resulted in construction of the Colvin Center Annex. He remains a strong believer in the unifying aspects of athletics to this day.
Mark graduated from Lawton’s Eisenhower High School, where he was an active student and leader, lettering in football, basketball, and track. He co-captained his track team, served as president of the National Honor Society and was a charter member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
His avocations include sports, photography, and travel. He is the father of two talented daughters who currently attend public school in Oklahoma City. Mark is a member of Crown Heights Christian Church.
